Ithacadictya Caster 1939 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Full reference: K.E. Caster. 1939. Siliceous Sponges from Mississippian and Devonian Strata of the Penn-York Embayment. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):1-20

Parent taxon: Prismodictyinae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dictyophyton, Dictyophytra, Helicodictya, Norfordia, Prismodictya, Tiddalickia, Ursaspongia

Subtaxa: Ithacadictya cornelli

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Type: Ithacadictya cornelli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hungerford Quarry (Devonian of New York)

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